WHAT is my problem? I really irritate myself sometimes. I've been noticing some cobwebs by the ceiling in my hallway for probably a month now. A MONTH! Today I decided to do something about it. So I opened up the coat closet that I could reach without taking EVEN ONE STEP, and I grabbed the long-pole-duster-thingy, WHICH WAS RIGHT THERE IN THAT … [Read more...]
Practicing What I Preach
I consider myself a teaching mom. I don't necessarily break out the workbook pages, but I am constantly looking for teachable moments. Life lessons in the midst of everyday situations. About a week ago, my 7 year old son mentioned that he's not a good runner. He had gone to a cross-country track meet with my husband and thought it was cool, but … [Read more...]
Is this what "normal" feels like?
Let me clarify, first, that normal is considered a negative thing in our home. My mother made a big deal when I was growing up about how awful it would be to be normal. It's so much more fun to be weird. It was fun, but it also taught her intended lesson that going along with the crowd is not necessarily a good thing. We knew that pulling the "But, … [Read more...]
What’s the Point?
I promise, this post does have a point. And it is about getting my house in order.I've been doing a new Tae-bo video for the last two weeks. It's a kicker. As in . . . behind-kicker. (My seven year old has been reading some of my posts lately and we don't use the other "b" word.)After my first child was born, I lost a lot of weight doing the … [Read more...]
Watched "Hoarders"
This afternoon I watched "Hoarders" on A&E. I had seen the beginning of it a few weeks ago and recorded the episode. It is a show about hoarders who are at the brink of some major crisis because of their hoarding. It isn't an intervention show really, but documents what they are going through. In this episode, there was a young family who … [Read more...]
Can a Germaphobe be a Slob?
I installed a sitemeter about two weeks ago to see if anyone was visiting my blog. It is the coolest thing ever. It tells me how people found my site. I can see how many visits I got from linking up on Tackle it Tuesday, Menu Plan Monday, or wherever. It also tells me if someone found me by a google search. Someone, and I don't know if you're … [Read more...]
Finding a better time
As I've said before, I don't like to waste time. And yet I have problems with keeping my home in the right place on my priority list. These two things combine to create a problem. This week has been a maintenance week. I cleaned like crazy last week, but this week has been crazy with things going on outside the house. This is normally when my … [Read more...]
My phase of life
I'm so excited that I've had several comments lately! I guess I can no longer say that no one is reading my blog. Of course, I feel panic along with that excitement. What if I can't keep it up? I fully expect to have times of failure, but I'm in this for the long haul, so I'm determined to keep going, one dirty dish at a time. Or 30 dirty dishes … [Read more...]
My New Non-Negotiable Task for this Week
I've been thinking a lot about this one. Like I've said the last two weeks, it is difficult to not want to add 5 new things a week. But taking it slowly is working so far. I don't want to mess with what's working. Two weeks ago I added sweeping the kitchen daily as a non-negotiable. Last week I added picking "stuff" up off the bathroom floors. … [Read more...]